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- Shake Shack are bringing their burgers to Soho
13/1/22 - updated with opening details
A new Shake Shack is coming to town and this time they'll be opening in Soho. right around the corner from Oxford Circus. The American burger chain is setting up shop on Argyll Street (which Google confirms was a French Connection and a Ploom shop before).
The new location comes with a bit of a design overhaul too so it's all looking a little
... - Archway is a new wine bar and restaurant for Battersea with an ex-River Cafe chef
We'll admit to being a little thrown by the idea of Archway opening in Battersea with the two locations seemingly on opposite sides of town - but it turns out that this Archway is actually a new Battersea restaurant.
So-called because it's under a railway arch in Battersea, Archway is the first restaurant and wine bar from catering folk Spook London, run by
... - The Lightroom at King's Cross will have a bar and cafe by St John
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Regular visitors to The Bridge Theatre in London will know that, in addition to the fine shows being put on there, one of the big lures of the theatre is the fact that their cafe and bar is run by the folks at St John. That means great wines by the glass along with the joys of fresh madeleines being made to order while you're in the theatre boosting your cultural credentials.
So
... - Akub in Notting Hill will be top Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan's first London restaurant
5/1/23 - Updated with a new opening date
In Bethlehem, chef and hotelier Fadi Kattan's place of business is in a building that's more than 1000 years old. Here in London, the place he's chosen for his first UK restaurant is a mere 200 years old. The renowned French Palestinian chef is getting ready to open Akub in Notting Hill, where Malabar used to be.
Billed as a modern Palestinian restaurant,
... - New London restaurants opening in January 2023
We've already taken a look at some of the biggest openings coming our way in 2023 - but there are already quite a few opening in January alone. Here are the restaurants to look out for.
- Donutelier by Roladin has brought its doughnuts to London
One way to blow any plans to calorie control over January would be to take a visit to London's newest doughnut store. Donutelier, which opened its doors on Charing Cross Road just before Christmas, is packed full of temptations to not only break that diet, but smash it into smithereens.
It's the first UK outpost from Israeli bakery and cafe group Roladin which has quite the rep for its
... - Humo sees the team behind Endo and Sumi opening a wood fired restaurant in Mayfair
4/1/22 - updated with the opening date
When your other restaurants are the Michelin-starred Endo at the Rotunda and popular sushi spot Sumi in Notting Hill, it's clear that people are going to be interested in your next opening. So the news that the Creative Restaurant Group are about to open a new place in Mayfair had us doing a little digging.
HUMO is billed as a wood fire concept that's opening in
... - The key new 2023 London restaurant openings to know about
As we enter a fresh new year, there are already a lot of upcoming restaurants on the horizon. Here's our pick of the new London restaurants that you'll want on your to-do list for 2023.
- The City gets a new Portuguese wine and tapas bar in Bar 1790
If you're not doing Dry January, you might be interested to learn about a new Portuguese wine bar that opened up just before Londoners broke for the Christmas holidays. Bar 1790 might be a brand new addition to the City, but it's following a more than 230 year old tradition for the Sandeman port company which has been based in St Swithin's Lane since 1790, hence the name of the bar.
Billed as a
... - Dumpling Shack and Sichuan Fry are doubling up in London Fields
3/1/23 - Updated with the new opening date
Fans of John & Yee Li’s Dumpling Shack rejoice - they're coming to London Fields in a two-for-one deal that gets you both a Dumpling Shack and the new Sichuan Fry in one.
The London Fields restaurant will come in two parts. On the ground floor will be Sichuan Fry, which they're saying is the "main event" (and is
... - Pochawa Grill Korean BBQ hits up Chinatown
Updated 19/12/22 with imagery
You might have your favourite restaurant in London’s Chinatown, or are even happily attempting to work your way through them all, but we have a new one for your list and it’s a Korean BBQ concept.
Called Pochawa Grill, the name is inspired by ‘Pocha’, a shortened version of Pojangmacha, which is the term for street food
... - Willows in Clapham mixes brunch boards with cheese and charcuterie
As the year winds down, we're hearing about the odd restaurant that didn't appear on our radar before and one of them is Willows in Clapham.
The restaurant opened in late November and is something they're defining as a "deli-to-restaurant" affair that's inspired by Scandinavian ‘smörgåsbords’. So that means they serve brunch boards all day, and then cheese and charcuterie in the
... - Garum is top Roman chef Arcangelo Dandini's first London restaurant
Five years after popping up in London as part of food writer Daniel Young's Young & Foodish's Spaghetti Wednesday, top Roman chef Arcangelo Dandini is back, this time with a permanent restaurant.
Garum is the chef's 60-seater restaurant in Queensway which opened rather under the radar last month. With it, Dandini is hoping to share his devotion to Roman food with Londoners - "to bring the best ingredients in
... - Nessa is a new British bistro from Tom Cenci in Soho
14/12/22 - updated with a full look at the menu
Tom Cenci first came to fame as the chef of Duck & Waffle, before then launching Loyal Tavern, a restaurant we were impressed with but which ended up being a victim of the pandemic. Afterwards, he was cooking at Stoney Street in Borough but now he's getting ready to open his own place, Nessa.
He's teamed up
... - Vori is hoping to transport Notting Hill residents with its Greek island cooking
Updated 6/1/23 with new opening date
Who among us doesn't fancy a change of scenery every now and then? Trader turned restaurateur Markos Tsimikali was feeling the same way. Having closed his original Greek restaurant, Hungry Donkey in Spitalfields this year, he decided to cross town for his new venture.
Vori, he's hoping, will transport Notting Hill residents to the tiny Greek beach it's
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